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General Category => Chatterbox => Topic started by: KB on August 16, 2012, 01:48:09 PM

Title: Commercial Radial Steam Engine
Post by: KB on August 16, 2012, 01:48:09 PM

Here is a portion of my favorite television program;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NPpelLCIkk

I thought it is pretty neat how the water is kept in a closed loop.

Title: Re: Commercial Radial Steam Engine
Post by: b.lindsey on August 16, 2012, 03:39:34 PM

Thanks for sharing that Kevin. I wish they had shown more about how they condense the used steam and feed it back into the boiler tubes though...can't quite grasp that part yet.

Bill

Title: Re: Commercial Radial Steam Engine
Post by: KB on August 16, 2012, 03:53:14 PM

Cheers,

I think a transmission cooler might do it;

(https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRwAZNStRp_1AaNNw5tisP0AiIxFW5HCNYGu0Ztim1qylBokB9BqQ)